A pedestrian was hit Tuesday morning by a Louisville Metro Police officer's vehicle, according to police spokesman Dwight Mitchell.

The crash happened around 6 a.m. near 7th and Hill streets.

The officer was driving southbound on 7th Street when two pedestrians ran across the road, Mitchell said. The officer hit one of them with the cruiser's mirror, causing a minor injury. Nobody else was injured.

The man was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital for observation, Mitchell said.